“As the Deity has given us Greeks all other blessings in moderation, so our moderation gives us a kind of wisdom which is timid, in all likelihood, and fit for common people, not one which is kingly and splendid. This wisdom, such as it is, observing that human life is ever subject to all sorts of vicissitudes, forbids us to be puffed up by the good things we have, or to admire a man's felicity while there is still time for it to change.” PeopleMenGivingHumansKindStillsLife IsGivenCommonSubjectsFitBlessingGood ThingsAdmireHuman LifeGreekModerationObservingDeitiesSplendidLikelihoodFelicityVicissitudes Author:Solon
“The blessing that the market does not ask about birth is paid for in the exchange society by the fact that the possibilities conferred by birth are molded to fit the production of goods that can be bought on the market.” DoeFactsAsksPossibilityBirthFitBlessingPaidProductionsGoods Book:Dialectic of Enlightenment Source: Dialectic of Enlightenment
“You will have no test of faith that will not fit you to be a blessing if you are obedient to the Lord. I never had a trial but when I got out of the deep river I found some poor pilgrim on the bank that I was able to help by that very experience.” IfsHelpingAbleFoundPoorLordFitBlessingRiversTestsTrialsObedientPilgrimTest Of Faith Author:A. B. Simpson
“Man was mark'd A friend in his creation to himself, And may, with fit ambition, conceive The greatest blessings, and the highest honors Appointed for him, if he can achieve them The right and noble way.” IfsMenWayMayAchieveCreationHonorFitBlessingAmbitionHighestMarkNobleGreatest Blessings Book:The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford Source: The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford